NEIGHBORHOODS could be quarantined. Schools could be closed, and public gatherings shut down. This doomsday scenario is part of the state’s first pandemic-flu preparedness plan. The plan, released yesterday, also would urge New Yorkers to stockpile two weeks worth of food and water if a pandemic seemed likely. “We might have to use quarantine and isolation in the first phase of the pandemic,” state Health Commissioner Antonia Novello said, noting that would buy health officials time to distribute resources. “But when the pandemic is full-fledged, quarantine and isolation are useless,” she added. The 400-page strategy also spells out how local hospitals should prepare for a possible surge of patients. But critics said the state’s response plan could worsen a pandemic by creating panic. “It’s geared toward a worse-case scenario, and it’s not nuanced enough,” said Dr. Marc Siegel, an internist and a clinical professor of medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. “It has value, but the trouble is it can’t really be applied to a mild pandemic,” said Siegel, author of “Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic.” Health officials around the world have been scrambling to come up with similar plans as a virulent… Read full this story
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